I hate to admit it but I've been scammed - twice! I consider myself a pretty discerning person but I lost money to:
1.megabitchain.com - a HYIP offering great returns. They were paying well and after my test deposit I deposited a few hundred - and the next day the site was gone along with my money.
2.
https://hackmining.org/contact.php - touted by a guy on
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bitcoinearnings (it's full of scammers!) promising huge returns on mining. I purchased the software; which didn't work. The worse part is (against my better judgement) I gave them remote access to my computer to solve the issue with Team Viewer (and the team viewer password). The convinced me to upgrade to the Pro version - and $150 later I haven't seen the software download or heard back from them.
All in all $700AUD hundred lost; not a lot in the scheme of things but it still bites!
I almost lost money to the mining scam going around with the intro phrase: "I mine bitcoins on blockchain wallets.By connecting to the mining stream i can mine a total 0.5 between 4 to 7btc weekly.Would you like to know more about this?" Again, found these guys in Bitcoin Earnings FB page. But I wised up to it.
I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can help with me:
1. What sort of damage can they inflict with me granting them remote access? I've deleted Team Viewer and the mining software, and I'm running a full virus scan. What else can I do/should I look out for?
2. Has anyone heard of
https://mining55.net - or am I looking straight at another scam site?
3. Can anyone recommend some good passive return investments? I get that trading alt coins is a good way to build up funds to purchase BTC and buying and holding BTC is the ideal; at least that's my strategy. I'm just trying to build some funds to purchase alt coins as my cash flow is non-existent at the moment and I'm a busy mumma
I've got investments sitting with USI and BTCGlobal and they are returning well; though slowly. Others say mining and lending are good opportunities.
Any thoughts, recommendations; alternative strategies, decent FB pages to connect with would be appreciated. I need to get away from these scammy, scammy sites!
Thanks